Mark Gilbert, PhD, Regina Idoate, PhD, Anthony Ryan, MD, and Kenneth Rockwood, MD
In arts-based-research, knowledge and meaning emerge from human experiences of being in dynamic, ambiguous, intentional, and ethical relationships with each other and the arts.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E646-656. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.646.
Two portraits of Barry, a housekeeping utility worker at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Memory Clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, are part of 80-piece arts-based research collection.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E895-897. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.895.
People with autism have a right to access “autism-friendly” theatrical performances. Theater-based treatment programs can help remove stigma and cultivate participants’ reciprocal social communication skills.
AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(12):1232-1240. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.12.imhl1-1612.
Comics allowed me to convey multiple layers of a single experience. With both text and image at my disposal, I could use one to enhance the other or create contradictions and juxtapositions that were jarring or darkly humorous.
Though body size can be altered with environmental or behavioral changes, anatomic shape, which appears to be genetically determined, cannot be changed except by surgery, trauma, or illness.